𑀥𑀽𑀆

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā

Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)

Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)

Inherited from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ).

Noun

𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā) f (Devanagari धूआ, Kannada ಧೂಆ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. daughter

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀑 (dhūāo) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀉 (dhūāu) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)
Accusative	𑀥𑀽𑀅𑀁 (dhūaṃ)	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀑 (dhūāo) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀉 (dhūāu) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)
Instrumental	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀏 (dhūāe) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀇 (dhūāi) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀅 (dhūāa)	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀳𑀺 (dhūāhi) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dhūāhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀑 (dhūāo) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀉 (dhūāu)	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (dhūāhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀏 (dhūāe) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀇 (dhūāi) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀅 (dhūāa)	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀡 (dhūāṇa) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀡𑀁 (dhūāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀏 (dhūāe) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀇 (dhūāi) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀅 (dhūāa)	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀲𑀼 (dhūāsu) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀲𑀼𑀁 (dhūāsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀥𑀽𑀏 (dhūe) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)	𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀑 (dhūāo) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆𑀉 (dhūāu) or 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindi: धिया (dhiyā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Early Assamese: ঝিউ (jhiu)
    • Assamese: জী (zi), জীয় (zio), ঝীয়া (zhia)
  • Bengali: ঝি (jhi)
  • Bihari:
    • Magahi: धिआ (dhiā)
  • Odia: ଝିଅ (jhia)
  • Rohingya: zí
  • Sylheti: ꠏꠤ (zí)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Sinhalese: දුව (duwa)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: धूव (dhūv)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘠𑘳𑘪𑘰 (dhuvā)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Kachchi: ધી (dhī)
  • Old Punjabi: ਧੀਅ (dhīa)
    • Punjabi: dhī

      Gurmukhi script: ਧੀ

      Shahmukhi script: دھی

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ڌِيءَ (dhīa)

    Devanagari script: धीअ (dhīa)

• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: धूय (dhūya)
    • Gujarati: ધિ (dhi)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 158
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 129.